mardi 14 août 2012

SECOND DAY OF THE NOVENA

I am delighted to present this custom piece, which was requested of me, of Our Lady of La Salette, France.The Blessed Mother Mary has appeared to many, many people, for centuries, all over the world. In this instance in France, she appeared to two children, crying, and told them of how the people in the area had become indifferent to God, abusing his name and work or play, rather than to spend time with Our Lord in Church. She felt the tremendous spiritual and emotional burden of this glib attitude the town had adopted, and thus, crying to the young children, asked them to share the information of her appearance, as a plea to get the towns people to come back to God.So, after the revelation of this visitation of Our Lady, successfully moved the hearts of the people there, and many conversions were a result!One of the children attempted to describe the amazing, supernatural beauty of Our Lady, and the description can be found below:

The Most Holy Virgin was tall and well-proportioned. She seemed so light that a mere breath could have stirred Her, yet She was motionless and perfectly balanced. Her face was majestic, imposing, but not imposing in the manner of the lords here below. She compelled a respectful fear. At the same time as Her Majesty compelled respect mingled with love, She drew me to Her. Her gaze was soft and penetrating. Her eyes seemed to speak to mine, but the conversation came out of a deep and vivid feeling of love for this ravishing beauty who was liquefying me. The softness of Her gaze, Her air of incomprehensible goodness made me understand and feel that She was drawing me to Her and wanted to give Herself. It was an expression of love which cannot be expressed with the tongue of the flesh, nor with the letters of the alphabet.